Combined nail-puller and band-cutter.



PATENTED JAN. 8,1907.

M. A. MOMILLAN. COMBINED NAIL PULLBR AND BAND CUTTER.-

APPLICATION FILED .TULYBI, 1906.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. M-A RION AL lSON MCMILLAN, OF STEDMAN, CALIFORNIA. COMBINED NAIL-FULLER AND BANDJ-CU TTER- No. 840,580. j

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 31, 1906.; Serial No, 828,626.

Patented Jan. 8, 1907.

siding at Stedman, in the county of San Bernardmo, State of California, have invented a new and useful Combined Nail-Puller and Band-Cutter, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combinedtools,

particularly to a tool for pulling nails and cutting wires or bands on barrels, boxes, crates, & c.

One object of the invention is to provide a combination nail-puller and wire-cutter with claws adapted to grab hails from either side of afulcrum-point without reversing the tool, thereby greatly expediting the work.

Another object is toprovide for ramming the claws in either direction.

Another object is to lock the ram rigidly with the shank. of the tool when desired to form a rigi tool throughout, with no loose parts, thus avoiding rattling and making the tool much easier to handle for many purposes.

Another object is to provide a wire or band cutter to cooperate with a fulcrum on the tool, which fulcrum either claw.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention; I

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device, the dotted lines indicating the extended position of the ram and handle. sectiontaken diametrically through the dealso cooperates with vice, the shank and claws being shown in elevation. Fig. 3 is a perspective view, showing one manner of using the tool in drawing nails from boxes. Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the manner of using the tool in removing the inner or head-retaining hoop of a barrel. Fig. 5 is a perspective view, enlarged, of the claw portion of the device, showing the operation of cutting a wire.

The device comprises a shank 1, .on the end of which is formed what willbe termed the outer claw 2. An inner claw 3 is formed on the under side of the shank 1, n. ar the outer claw'2, and is hook-shaped and provided with a curved bearing surface 4, forming. a fulcrum which comes into play when using either the outer claw 2 orthe in- I ner claw 3. A knife 5, with a concave edge,

is formed underneath the shank 1 at one side Fig. 2 is a longitudinal aboveits sup ort.

of the concave portion of the claw 3, as

clearly shown in Fig. 5.

Slidablymounted on the shank 1 is a ram 6, on the. outer end of which is formed a handle 7. The ram 6 has a cylindrical recess 8 to permit play of a pin 9, carried by the'inner end of the shank 1. The ram 6 is drilled to form perforations 10, which allow the in 9 to be driven into the shank 1 in assem ling the parts. The lower end of the ram 6 is provided with a semicircular hood 11, having a concave recess or pocket 12. Formed on shank 1 is alug 13, which is adapted to seat in the pocket 12 when the lu is in alinement with the pocket and the shan is turned relatively to the ram. When the lug is seated in the pocket 12, the shank 1 is locked rigidly with the ram andrhandle, so that the parts of the tool are rigidly and compactly locked together. By turning the ram and handle about one-half way around the lug 13 may be disengaged from the ocket 12, so that the ram may be slid longitudinally of the shank 1 to pound the inner end of the ram against the end of the shank to force the outer claw 2 under the head of a nail or other thing which is to be pried .up. In this pounding action'of the ram, abutment 14 might also contactwith the lug 13, or the abutment 15, which is the end face of the hood 11 might take the force of the blow if the shank became turned while extended so that the lug stood -in line with abutment 15. 1

When the device is to be used with the inner claw 3,.for example, in prying up the inner hoop of a barrel, as indicated in Fig. 4, the tool may be locked together and the claw squeezed under the hoop or the-ram may be unlocked and operated in a reverse direction, pounding the pin'9 against an abutment '16, formed by the recess 8, which will thus drivein the claw 3.

It is advantageous for ordinary purposes to lock the shank to the ram when simply prying with either claw or using the knife.

The fulcrum 4 bei situated between the two claws operates w on the knife is being usedfor example, in cutting a wire, as shown in Fig. 5. The outer claw 2 also servesas a fulcrum at times/for either the inner claw or knife when a long swee of thelcrum The inner claw 3 serves to uide the nife to the wire and holds the knife against slipping away from the wire.

handle in tilting the tool lifts the The knife can be operated with a sawing action against the wire or can be forcibly driven against the wire by outward ramming movement of the ram, or the knife can be manipulated by a combination of these ramfulcrum for both claws, and a ram slidable on the shank for driving the shank in either direction.

2. A combination-tool comprising a shank, outer and inner claws on the shank with a bearing-face between the claws forming a fulcrum for both claws, a ram slidable on the shank for driving the shank in either direction, and means for locking the rain from movement on the shank.

3. A combination-tool comprising a shank,

outer and inner claws on the shank with a bearing-face between the claws forming a fulcrum for both claws, a ram slidable on the shank for driving the shank in either direction, and means operated by turning the ram relatively to the shank for locking the ram from movement on the shank.

4. A combination-tool comprising a shank, outer and inner claws on the shank with a bearing-face between the claws forming a fulcrum for both claws, a knife formed in the angle between the inner claw and shank, and a ram slidable on the shank to drive the knife or claws.

5. A combination-tool comprising a shank, an outer claw formed on the end of the shank, an inner hook-shaped claw extending in the opposite direction formed on the shank, a knife formed at one side of the inner claw between the claw and shank, the shank having a, curved bearing-face between the two claws and forming a fulcrum for either claw or said knife, and a ram slidable on the shank to drive the knife or claws.

6. A combination-tool comprising a shank,

an outer claw formed on the end of the shank, an inner hook-shaped claw extending in the o posite direction formed on the shank, a nife formed at one side of the inner claw between the claw and shank, the shank having a curved bearing-face between the two claws and forming a fulcrum for either claw or said knife, and a ram slidable'on the shank for driving the shank in either direction.

7 A combination-tool comprising a shank, outer and inner claws on the shank with a bearing-face between the claws forming a fulcrum for both claws, a ram slidable on the shank, a hood formed on one end of the ram, the shank havin a lug adapted to engage in the hood when the shank is turned relatively to the ram.

8. A combination-tool comprising a shank, outer and inner claws on'the shank with a bearin -face between the claws forming a fulcrum or both claws, a ram slidable on the shank, a hood formed on one end of the ram, the shank having a lug adapted to engage in the hood when the shank is turned relatively to the ram,'the ram having an elongated cylindrical recess, the shank having a projection protruding into said recess and adapted to receive impact from an abutment on the ram at one end of the recess.

9. A combination-tool comprising a shank, outenand inner clawson the shank with a bearing-face between the claws forming a fulcrum for both claws, a ram slidable on the shank, a hood formed on one end of the ram,

the shank having'a lug adapted to engage in the hood when the'shank is turned relatively to the ram, the ram having an elongated cylindrical recess, a pin in the shank projecting into the recess and adapted to receive im act from an abutment on the ram at one en of the recess, the ram having a perforation for permitting the assembling of the pin in the shank. s

10. A' combination tool comprising a shank, outer and inner claws on the shank with a bearing-face between the claws forming a fulcrum for both claws, a ram slidable on the shank for dri the shank in either direction, and a handle ormed on the end of the ram.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at Los Angeles, California, this 25th day of July, 1906: 1

MARION ALISON .MGMILLAN. In presence of GEORGE T. HACKLEY, FRANK L. A. GRAHAM. 

